Comments on: Redlasso shuts down access due to legal action by major networks http://www.celebitchy.com/13208/redlasso_shuts_down_access_due_to_legal_action_by_major_networks/ Stylish celebrity escapism Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: lady lynxx http://www.celebitchy.com/13208/redlasso_shuts_down_access_due_to_legal_action_by_major_networks/#comment-66057 lady lynxx Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:20:39 +0000 http://www.celebitchy.com/?p=13208#comment-66057 greed greed and more greed! I am from the UK and only get to see some of the US progs on Redlasso so I am very upset by this news...oh well I guess I'll have to keep searching Youtube! greed greed and more greed!

I am from the UK and only get to see some of the US progs on Redlasso so I am very upset by this news…oh well I guess I’ll have to keep searching Youtube!

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]]> By: Samantha http://www.celebitchy.com/13208/redlasso_shuts_down_access_due_to_legal_action_by_major_networks/#comment-65535 Samantha Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:59:35 +0000 http://www.celebitchy.com/?p=13208#comment-65535 I don't own a television, haven't in many years. The only way I watch TV shows is through the internet. When I see tidbits of a show on one site or another, it makes me want to watch MORE of that show, and this is why I spend so much money on the Series DVDs. If I can't see it on the internet, I won't know it exists, or I won't care enough about it to buy it. I know a lot of people like me, who are on the computer far more than watching TV. They are making a huge mistake. :| I don’t own a television, haven’t in many years. The only way I watch TV shows is through the internet. When I see tidbits of a show on one site or another, it makes me want to watch MORE of that show, and this is why I spend so much money on the Series DVDs. If I can’t see it on the internet, I won’t know it exists, or I won’t care enough about it to buy it. I know a lot of people like me, who are on the computer far more than watching TV. They are making a huge mistake. :|

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]]> By: chamalla http://www.celebitchy.com/13208/redlasso_shuts_down_access_due_to_legal_action_by_major_networks/#comment-65437 chamalla Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:51:52 +0000 http://www.celebitchy.com/?p=13208#comment-65437 Television's primary source of revenue is advertising, and until the networks find a way of matching that revenue through another source, we have to expect them to be protective of their product and the means by which it is distributed. Giving your product away for free when people in general want it enough to pay for it (either by purchasing the program or sitting through the commercials) doesn't make good business sense. I do think they need to hammer out the details of non-US online viewing. The networks, while understandably protective of their product, are not necessarily in tune with the wants and needs of their consumers. Their tried and true model of moneymaking doesn't work as well as it used to, they need to show a willingness to change with the times. A global first-run market seems like a goldmine to me, but I'm not a network exec. Television’s primary source of revenue is advertising, and until the networks find a way of matching that revenue through another source, we have to expect them to be protective of their product and the means by which it is distributed. Giving your product away for free when people in general want it enough to pay for it (either by purchasing the program or sitting through the commercials) doesn’t make good business sense.

I do think they need to hammer out the details of non-US online viewing. The networks, while understandably protective of their product, are not necessarily in tune with the wants and needs of their consumers. Their tried and true model of moneymaking doesn’t work as well as it used to, they need to show a willingness to change with the times. A global first-run market seems like a goldmine to me, but I’m not a network exec.

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]]> By: Kristin http://www.celebitchy.com/13208/redlasso_shuts_down_access_due_to_legal_action_by_major_networks/#comment-65366 Kristin Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:57:38 +0000 http://www.celebitchy.com/?p=13208#comment-65366 Red lasso never seemed to work on my laptop so I'm not too bummed. Red lasso never seemed to work on my laptop so I’m not too bummed.

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]]> By: Snowblood http://www.celebitchy.com/13208/redlasso_shuts_down_access_due_to_legal_action_by_major_networks/#comment-65358 Snowblood Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:43:12 +0000 http://www.celebitchy.com/?p=13208#comment-65358 Hang in there, Celebitchy! I read your site every day, for the last few months it has been celebitchy that I click on to read first thing when I go online for the day, although all this time I've been going online using my Blackberry as an online access tool, and only today - this very morning, in fact, what irony!! - my BF installed high-speed internet access here in our new house. The same day this shit happens! What I mean to say is, I could never click on the youtube or Redlasso live feed things anyway, before, only read the articles and look at the photographs. I'm loving finally being able to watch the Cute Overload youtube videos finally, but all this time I never missed out on reading my insanely addictive pop culture gossip here. But, now it'll be harder for you all to write up-to-the-moment blogs about current events from television, that I do understand. All I can say is, hang in there! As my old English Granddad used to say, "Something's bound to turn up," meaning, it'll all work out well in the end. We hope. Hang in there, Celebitchy! I read your site every day, for the last few months it has been celebitchy that I click on to read first thing when I go online for the day, although all this time I’ve been going online using my Blackberry as an online access tool, and only today – this very morning, in fact, what irony!! – my BF installed high-speed internet access here in our new house. The same day this shit happens! What I mean to say is, I could never click on the youtube or Redlasso live feed things anyway, before, only read the articles and look at the photographs. I’m loving finally being able to watch the Cute Overload youtube videos finally, but all this time I never missed out on reading my insanely addictive pop culture gossip here.

But, now it’ll be harder for you all to write up-to-the-moment blogs about current events from television, that I do understand. All I can say is, hang in there! As my old English Granddad used to say, “Something’s bound to turn up,” meaning, it’ll all work out well in the end. We hope.

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]]> By: kimmi http://www.celebitchy.com/13208/redlasso_shuts_down_access_due_to_legal_action_by_major_networks/#comment-65349 kimmi Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:05:02 +0000 http://www.celebitchy.com/?p=13208#comment-65349 That sucks. I studied abroad in Italy for a while, and when I got back I found I really missed local Italian TV, so I found this site that has hundreds of links to live feeds worldwide. There are well over 300 US stations. http://wwitv.com/portal.htm That sucks. I studied abroad in Italy for a while, and when I got back I found I really missed local Italian TV, so I found this site that has hundreds of links to live feeds worldwide. There are well over 300 US stations.
http://wwitv.com/portal.htm

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]]> By: Anne http://www.celebitchy.com/13208/redlasso_shuts_down_access_due_to_legal_action_by_major_networks/#comment-65346 Anne Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:56:40 +0000 http://www.celebitchy.com/?p=13208#comment-65346 In Canada we have the US networks available to us but the content on the websites is blocked. I don't watch the networks much (just The Office and reruns of Arrested Development) which run on Canadian stations anyway but if I operated an entertainment blog and couldn't get access to it I would be some pissed off. Does anyone know of a good site that explains torrents and how they work? I've not ventured there but would like to. In Canada we have the US networks available to us but the content on the websites is blocked.

I don’t watch the networks much (just The Office and reruns of Arrested Development) which run on Canadian stations anyway but if I operated an entertainment blog and couldn’t get access to it I would be some pissed off.

Does anyone know of a good site that explains torrents and how they work? I’ve not ventured there but would like to.

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]]> By: xiaoecho http://www.celebitchy.com/13208/redlasso_shuts_down_access_due_to_legal_action_by_major_networks/#comment-65328 xiaoecho Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:16:35 +0000 http://www.celebitchy.com/?p=13208#comment-65328 Scott.........I use the sites you refer to but only because the networks have given me no choice. I think it would work for the same reason people buy subscription TV and rent DVD's - convenience The vast majority of people can't be bothered stuffing around chasing the black market - they want ease of accessibility CandyKay.......yeah and what a relief for the hapless consumer not to have to put up with all that mediocre off season shite - not to mention the producers would have to lift their game ----but their attitude seems to be "They'll watch what we tell them to" The internet has changed all that Scott………I use the sites you refer to but only because the networks have given me no choice.

I think it would work for the same reason people buy subscription TV and rent DVD’s – convenience

The vast majority of people can’t be bothered stuffing around chasing the black market – they want ease of accessibility

CandyKay…….yeah and what a relief for the hapless consumer not to have to put up with all that mediocre off season shite – not to mention the producers would have to lift their game —-but their attitude seems to be “They’ll watch what we tell them to” The internet has changed all that

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]]> By: CandyKay http://www.celebitchy.com/13208/redlasso_shuts_down_access_due_to_legal_action_by_major_networks/#comment-65323 CandyKay Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:10:55 +0000 http://www.celebitchy.com/?p=13208#comment-65323 Xiaoecho, a lot of US TV series are sold overseas as "packages" - ie to get one good series, the non-US broadcaster has to buy a package that also includes several mediocre series. Allowing internet access to their shows outside the US would kill off that sweet deal. Xiaoecho, a lot of US TV series are sold overseas as “packages” – ie to get one good series, the non-US broadcaster has to buy a package that also includes several mediocre series. Allowing internet access to their shows outside the US would kill off that sweet deal.

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]]> By: nom de plume http://www.celebitchy.com/13208/redlasso_shuts_down_access_due_to_legal_action_by_major_networks/#comment-65312 nom de plume Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:53:05 +0000 http://www.celebitchy.com/?p=13208#comment-65312 Of course advertising is at the root of it. I work in television and if people go to a third-party website to watch tv shows then ad revenues at the station I work at drops and layoffs will be inevitable. If it gets to the point that few people are watching, all local stations will shut down leading to no local news. Now, I'm not against sites like redlasso per se but to post clips that are 10 minutes long would mean that five clips = a full length tv show. The only time that a clip ought to be that length is if the content really is controversial in some manner or being talked about. As long as sites like these only take small clips and doesn't hide behind the "ten minutes or less" rule to piece together full length programs then I'm totally fine. I also agree that tv networks need to think to the future and realize that people want to watch tv on their own timetable. PVRs and the small amount of programming on the Internet are both changing viewers' habits. Networks and local stations need to work together to come up with a way to provide television that isn't on a specific timetable and still maintain revenue. Of course advertising is at the root of it. I work in television and if people go to a third-party website to watch tv shows then ad revenues at the station I work at drops and layoffs will be inevitable. If it gets to the point that few people are watching, all local stations will shut down leading to no local news. Now, I’m not against sites like redlasso per se but to post clips that are 10 minutes long would mean that five clips = a full length tv show. The only time that a clip ought to be that length is if the content really is controversial in some manner or being talked about. As long as sites like these only take small clips and doesn’t hide behind the “ten minutes or less” rule to piece together full length programs then I’m totally fine.

I also agree that tv networks need to think to the future and realize that people want to watch tv on their own timetable. PVRs and the small amount of programming on the Internet are both changing viewers’ habits. Networks and local stations need to work together to come up with a way to provide television that isn’t on a specific timetable and still maintain revenue.

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